List of political parties in Florida

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This article lists political parties in Florida .

Major political parties

Only political parties with more than 5% of all registered voters may hold state-run primaries.

Contents

Party [1] IdeologyMembership (2024) [2] Change from 2023 [3] 2024
PBA
U.S. Congress State Senate State House Executive Offices
Republican Disc.svg Republican Party REP Conservatism 5,239,600Decrease2.svg 70,300Check-green.svg
20 / 28
28 / 40
84 / 120
6 / 6
Democratic Disc.svg Democratic Party DEM Modern liberalism 4,346,491Decrease2.svg 466,630Check-green.svg
8 / 28
12 / 40
36 / 120
0 / 6

Minor political parties

Party [4] IdeologyMembership (2024) [2] Change from 2023 [3] 2024
PBA
Disc Independent Party of Florida.svg Independent Party of Florida IND Centrism 242,330Increase2.svg 28,944Dark Red x.svg
Libertarian Disc.svg Libertarian Party LPF Libertarianism 35,357Decrease2.svg 3,399Check-green.svg
Conservative Party of FloridaCSV Conservatism 19,903Increase2.svg 15,079Dark Red x.svg
Constitution Party USA Disc Logo.png Constitution Party CPF Paleoconservatism 16,434Increase2.svg 9,944Check-green.svg
Disc No Labels Party.svg No Labels NLP Centrism 8,355Increase2.svg 4,931Check-green.svg
Green Disc.svg Green Party GRE Green politics 7,841Increase2.svg 3Check-green.svg
Boricua PartyBPP5,974Increase2.svg 5,425Dark Red x.svg
Coalition with a PurposeCPP3,283Increase2.svg 2,236Dark Red x.svg
Ecology Party of Florida ECO Environmentalism 2,919Increase2.svg 134Dark Red x.svg
Disc PSL Party.svg Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL Communism 1,894Increase2.svg 209Dark Red x.svg
People's Party PEO Populism 1,321Increase2.svg 538Dark Red x.svg
FWD Party Logo.svg Forward Party FFP Reformism 496Increase2.svg 280Dark Red x.svg
Natural Law Election Disc.svg Natural Law Party NAT Transcendental meditation Not recorded as of May 2024Check-green.svg
Reform Party RFM Radical centrism Not recorded as of May 2024Check-green.svg
Unaffiliated voters3,530,804Decrease2.svg 479,686

Formerly recognized political parties

PartyIdeologyLost recognition
Unity Party of America Symbol.png Unity Party Centrism October 2022 [5]
Socialist Party Socialism February 2013 [6]
Americans Elect February 2013 [7]
Pirate Party [8]
Florida Whig Party [8]
Independence Party [8]
Objectivist Party [8]
Tea Party [8]

Historical registration data

Source

Political party registration by year
Year REP DEM IND LPF CPF GRE REF IDP Others Unaffiliated Total
20225,277,3944,971,444206,02439,4513,8937,8261,4563,505 [a] 3,992,98514,503,978
20205,169,0125,303,254163,40639,5382,4927,3351,4742,072 [b] 3,753,28614,441,869
20184,681,5984,944,86758,41332,8431,7246,9151,4071,209 [c] 3,549,09413,278,070
20164,550,3114,877,749262,59928,2871,2656,6051,51144,1941,323 [d] 3,089,92912,863,773
20144,172,2324,628,178 268,35823,6651,1425,9011,71749,1122,681 [e] 2,778,54711,931,041
20124,245,9914,781,978248,67119,8929745,7051,96155,0741,299 [f] 2,572,90111,934,109
20104,039,2594,631,068262,11617,8881,1125,8272,47357,76113,634 [g] 2,186,24611,217,384
20084,064,3014,722,076253,52016,8839826,0073,09363,41513,756 [h] 2,103,11911,247,634
20063,935,6754,219,531237,99015,5338476,6073,79039,7919,962 [i] 1,964,12310,433,849
20043,892,4924,261,249212,75013,8065856,6463,87216,8387,039 [j] 1,886,01310,301,290
20023,599,0533,958,910179,71111,8523365,5904,6165,0183,107 [k] 1,534,4339,302,360
20003,420,2383,803,081146,5599,462942,7284,6722,452 [l] 1,353,4318,742,717
19983,292,5893,691,742113,3617,0379652,6951,910 [m] 1,109,9608,220,259
19963,309,1053,728,513 101,1385,509797311,5571,1481,605 [n] 928,4928,077,877
19942,747,0743,245,51834,4033,58535453474375 [o] 527,6816,559,598

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References

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  2. 1 2 Winger, Richard (12 May 2024). "New Florida Registration Data". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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  4. "Political Parties". FL SOS. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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  6. Winger, Richard (2 February 2013). "Americans Elect is No Longer Ballot-Qualified in Florida". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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    • Independent Democrats – 7,703
    • Christian Party of Florida – 1,130
    • Veterans' Party of Florida – 826
    • Socialist Party of Florida – 584
    • Florida Tea Party – 514
    • Surfers' Party – 417
    • Family Values Party – 385
    • Socialist Worker's Party – 326
    • Faith and Patience – 312
    • American Reform Party – 219
    • America's Party of Florida – 205
    • American Party of Florida – 178
    • Unity '08 – 152
    • Florida Whig Party – 121
    • Ecology Party of Florida – 106
    • Progressive Libertarian Party – 106
    • Real Food Party – 82
    • Possibility Party – 79
    • Objectivist Party – 48
    • Prohibition Party – 44
    • British Reformed Sectarian Party – 38
    • Party for Socialism and Liberation – 21
    • Others – 38
  8. "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
    • Independent Democrats – 7,767
    • Christian Party of Florida – 1,268
    • Veterans' Party of Florida – 932
    • Socialist Party of Florida – 614
    • Family Values Party – 429
    • Socialist Workers Party – 380
    • Faith and Patience – 385
    • Surfers' Party – 352
    • American Reform Party – 258
    • Poor People's Party – 236
    • Unity '08 – 161
    • American Party of Florida – 119
    • Ecology Party of Florida – 101
    • Progressive Libertarian Party – 96
    • Real Food Party – 88
    • Possibility Party – 84
    • Florida Whig Party – 59
    • Florida Tea Party – 51
    • Prohibition Party – 51
    • British Reformed Sectarian Party – 43
    • Objectivist Party – 40
    • Southern Party of Florida – 39
    • America's Party of Florida – 30
    • Term Limits for Congress Party – 8
    • Party for Socialism and Liberation – 7
    • America First Party – 640
  9. "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
    • Independent Democrats – 4,440
    • Christian Party of Florida – 1,354
    • Veterans' Party of Florida – 1,129
    • Socialist Party of Florida – 553
    • Surfers' Party – 169
    • America First Party – 527
    • Family Values Party – 484
    • Socialist Workers Party – 311
    • Faith and Patience – 209
    • American Reform Party – 345
    • American Libertarian Party – 105
    • Progressive Libertarian Party – 85
    • Possibility Party – 24
    • Prohibition Party – 39
    • Moderate Party of Florida – 80
    • Poor Peoples' Party – 75
    • British Reformed Sectarian Party – 33
  10. "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
    • Veterans' Party of Florida – 1,502
    • Independent Democrats – 1,246
    • Christian Party of Florida – 1,034
    • No Partisan Affiliation Party – 717
    • Southern Party of Florida – 484
    • Family Values Party – 411
    • American Reform Party – 384
    • Socialist Party of Florida – 363
    • America First Party – 305
    • Socialist Workers Party – 266
    • Faith and Patience – 132
    • Citizens' Party of Florida – 94
    • Progressive Libertarian Party – 39
    • Patriot Party of Florida – 22
    • United Independents of God – 21
    • British Reformed Sectarian Party – 16
    • Surfers' Party – 3
  11. "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
    • We The People Party – 502
    • Southern Party of Florida – 444
    • American Reform Party – 431
    • Family Values Party – 343
    • Natural Law Party – 310
    • Socialist Party of Florida – 264
    • Reform–Silly Party – 240
    • Socialist Workers Party – 201
    • Workers World – 51
    • America First Party – 24
    • Reform Party USA – 14
    • Faith and Patience – 11
    • No Partisan Affiliation Party – 6
    • Progressive Libertarian Party – 0
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  15. "Other" political affiliations listed as follows: Whig Party – 45